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| === Civil War (1861-1865) === | | === Civil War (1861-1865) === |
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| [[Image:{{Terrys Texas Rangers}}]]<br> | | [[Image:{{Terrys Texas Rangers}}]]<br> |
| Soldiers from Texas served in both the Union and Confederate armies. The National Archives and the Family History Library collection includes:
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| *Indexes to the service records for soldiers from Texas: Union {{FHL|881592|film}} Confederate {{FHL|880014|film}}.
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| *Service records for volunteer Union soldiers from Texas {{FHL|1292646|film}}
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| *Service records for Confederate soldiers from Texas {{FHL|1501077 |film}}
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| *{{RecordSearch|1471019|Union Civil War Pension Index Cards}} This oniline database for Union pensions is 90% complete as of 15 April 2010
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| *The [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php Texas State Library and Archives] has an online index to Confederate pension records. This online index includes widow's pension applications.
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| ==== '''Confederate Records''' ====
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| Texas Confederate soldiers '''service records''' are available at the National Archives,the Texas State Library, and the Family History Library. Several different indexes exist to help you locate your Confederate ancestor and the unit where he served. Find the unit and company your soldier served with in one of the following indexes:
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| *[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]
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| *''Confederate Index: Confederate Soldiers of the State of Texas.'' {{FHL|227483|film}}
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| *Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas {{FHL|880014|film}}
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| If you cannot find your soldier in these indexes, use variant surname spellings and first initials for given names. Make a note of which unit and company he served with. Then find the unit (such as 29th Infantry, Company K) in Service Records for Confederate Soldiers from Texas. {{FHL|1501077 |film}} The service records usually include each soldier's name, enlistment date and place, discharge date and place, age, and sometimes residence, and physical description.
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| A digitized copy of the [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=compiled%20service%20records%20of%20confederate%20soldiers Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas] is available online at archive.org. Index and records digitized from multiple microfilm rolls. <br>
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| A Confederate '''pension''' index is maintained by the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php Texas State Library and Archives]. Additionally there is a published index to Confederate pension papers by John M. Kinney, Index to Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions, Rev. ed. Austin, Texas: Archives Division, Texas State Library, 1977. {{FHL|976.4 M22k|book}} {{FHL|928040|film}} {{FHL|6019976|film}} Both approved and rejected pension applications are included in the FHL Texas pension collection {{FHL|960279|film}} Approved pensions are arranged by application number. Rejected applications are arranged alphabetically.<br>
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| A published roster of some Texas regiments is Martin Hardwick Hall, ''The Confederate Army of New Mexico.'' Austin, Texas: Presidial Press, 1978. {{FHL|978.9 M2ha|book}} {{FHL|6087304|film}} This lists soldiers of Texas stationed in New Mexico during the war.
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| Additionally, the Texas Legislature approved funds to support widows and indigent families and dependents of soldiers serving in State or Confederate forces. Lists were submitted between 1863-1865 by Chief Justices of the counties. This index can be accessed online at the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/cif/index.html Texas State Library and Archives.] Not all counties are represented in the index. These records are transcribed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865 by Linda Mearse. {{FHL|976.4 M2mL|book}}
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| ==== Texas State Troops ====
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| During the War Between the States, Texas supported its own fighting force, Texas State Troops (TST) also known as the Texas Rangers, to protect white settlers from the Comanche and Kiowa Indians. Some of the TST were incorporated into the Confederate States of America (CSA) in March, 1864, but they stayed on the frontier to keep it secure from the Indians until about 1874 when the attacks ceased. This should be helpful to researchers looking for their Texas ancestors. Source: Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle, and the Wichita Mountains by Patricia Adkins-Rochette
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| ==== '''Union Records''' ====
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| In comparison to numbers of Confederate soldiers from Texas, there were relatively few Union units from Texas. An index to Union soldier '''service records''' is found in:
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| *[http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]
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| *Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas (NARA M393) {{FHL|881592|film}}
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| If you cannot find your soldier on the index, use variant surname spellings and initials only for given names. When you find the name of the unit where your soldier served, make a note of it (such as Texas First Calvary). Service records are arranged by unit and then alphabetically within the unit. Find the correct film for Union soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas {{FHL|1292646|film}} (NARA M0402)
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| A free Internet index to '''pension''' applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on {{RecordSearch |1471019|Civil War Pension Index Cards}}. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars of that time period may be included in this index.
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| Union pension files are not on microfilm and are available only at the [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/pension/1861-1934.html National Archives].<br>
| | See [[Texas in the Civil War|Texas in the Civil War]] for information about Texas Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Texas regiments involved in the Civil War. |
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| ==== '''Southern Claims Commission''' ====
| | The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families. |
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| If a Union sympathizer in Texas claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Texas counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]].
| | The [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor. <br><br> |
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| === Spanish-American War (1898) === | | === Spanish-American War (1898) === |